You know how sometimes you'll think a band is really cool, and you'll be really excited about it? And then you'll be driving your dad or lame co-worker or Presidential candidate somewhere and a song by that band will come on the radio, and your dad or lame co-worker or Presidential candidate will say "Oooh, crank it up, I love this song!" And suddenly that band doesn't seem so cool anymore?

That's kind of the way this new Hillary Clinton video makes me feel about the Sopranos finale, parodies of the Sopranos finale, and online video in general. Filmed to announce the winner of Clinton's official campaign song contest, this awkward homage plays upon all the recognizable elements of David Chase's iconic ending -- without really adding anything beyond an increased terror of Hillary Clinton's improv skills. At least it doesn't actually use Clinton's new official campaign song: Celine Dion's "You and I." When trying to prove how cool you are to the voters, Senator Clinton, invoking Celine Dion is a misstep.

In future years, we might look back upon Senator Obama's bid for the 2008 presidency as somewhat premature: "Why," we might ask, "didn't he wait until he'd completed at least one term of national office? WHY?" And this is why this rather charming music video may be a useful document for future generations.

Here, Obama Girl sings eloquently about why Obama found himself pressured into running, tracking the man's story from his landmark speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention to his current campaign. The starry-eyed idealism of this short captures all-too-eloquently the hope placed upon Obama's tall slim shoulders -- the question is, what will we think about it, in two years' time?

These days it's always a bit disconcerting to see a comedy sketch with a right-wing bent -- not because anything's wrong with that point of view, but because political satire usually takes aim at the party in power. And that still isn't the Democrats. However, after the midterm elections, perhaps Republicans are running scared?

That's one explanation for this over-the-top reaction to the Iraq Study Group's findings. The report, released earlier this month, recommends a massive scale-back in troops and starting a dialogue with Iran and Syria -- and maybe Naked Gun director David Zucker really believes that talks with the Iranians will lead to ruin and despair. Depicting the President of Iran as a three-card monte dealer and Hitler wannabe is an extreme take on the subject, but Zucker is developing a reputation for needlessly over-the-top reactions.

Despite the lack of subtlety (and getting mad at the director of Airplane for not being subtle is like getting mad at water for being wet), the point raised is worth a thought. After all, we don't want him to be right -- especially if he's not wrong.